Good point about the lower chum numbers on odd years.
The creek below my house has chums. They are usually close to being done by now, but some showed up this weekend. They had over 1K return last year according to the stream stewards. Not sure what the number are this year, but I don't think they hit that mark this year.
Summer chum numbers were down compared to last year on one of the streams they monitor. Cutt fishing has been decent.
SF